Clinical Focus

Education

MD, Jagiellonian University

Residency, Pediatrics Jagiellonian University

Residency, Pediatrics Univ. of Maryland Medical Systems

Fellowship, Immunology & Allergy Johns Hopkins University

Biography

Dr. Nowak is a clinician and clinical researcher in the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute. Her clinical research interests, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and Food Allergy Initiative, include: egg and milk allergy, food-induced anaphylaxis treatment and risk factors, diagnostic issues in food allergy, food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome and pollen-food allergy syndrome (oral allergy). Dr. Nowak supervises two clinics per week in pediatric allergy and is involved in teaching fellows and residents.

Konstantinou GN, Ramon B, Grishin A, Caubet JC, Bardina L, Sicherer SH, Sampson HA, Nowak-Wegrzyn A. The role of casein-specific IgA and TGF-beta in children with Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome to milk. Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 2014 Oct;.

Wang J, Young MC, Nowak-Węgrzyn A. International survey of knowledge of food-induced anaphylaxis. Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 2014 Sep;.

Clinical Trials

Industry Relationships

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Nowak-Wegrzyn during 2014 and/or 2015. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Scientific Advisory Board:

Schering-Plough (Merck & Co., Inc.); Stallergenes

Industry-Sponsored Lectures: MSSM faculty occasionally give lectures at events sponsored by industry, but only if the events are free of any marketing purpose.